Books in the Early English Text Society Original Series series

Facsimile reprint. Previously published: London; New York: Oxford University Press, 1966.

The Scale of Perfection is the major work of Walter Hilton, one of the best known English mystical writers of the late fourteenth century. The text circulated widely in England before becoming a spiritual classic. This is the first authoritative edition of Book II, based on detailed study of all surviving manuscripts and early printed books.